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SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY. 



Hipparchia yEgeria. 



PLATE XXIII. Fig. 4 



Pap. iEgeria, Linn — Donovan^ xiv. 77, pi. 498 — Lewin^ pi. 

 19._Wood Argus, JFi/Ares.— Speckled Wood Butterfly, 

 Harris. 



The upper side is brown, the anterior wings with 

 ten or eleven pale yellow spots on each, placed irre- 

 gularly, and having a black ocellus with a white pupil 

 towards the apical angle. The hinder wings have 

 one or two yellow spots anteriorly, and a row of eyes 

 parallel with the hinder margin. These are four in 

 number, and consist of a round black spot, with a 

 white pupil, surrounded by a yellow ring ; the ante- 

 rior one being much smaller than the others, and 

 without a pupil. The fringe of both wings is pale 

 yellow, the dark colour of the wing interrupting it 

 at the nervures, and making it appear like a series 

 of crescents. The under side of the wings is pale 

 yellow, clouded and streaked with brown ; the hinder 

 pair with undulating transverse lines, and a row of 

 five pale dots, encircled with brown, the space be- 

 tween which iind the outer marsfin is sometimes 



